Attachment for hat-pins, &amp;c.



IINTTED STATES Patented January 3, 1905. I

PATENT CEETQE.

ATTACHMENT FOR HAT-PINS, 80o.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,160, dated January3, 1905.

Application filed July 1, 1904. Serial No. 214,881.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAROLINE THoRN H oE R, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Hat- Pins, of which the following is a full, clear, andconcise specification.

This invention relates to a new article of manufacture of improvedconstruction adapted to receive and hold the points of pins, needles, orother pointed instruments, whereby the same are retained in position,protected from injury, and protected from doinginjury; and moreparticularly the invention relates to a device of this kind which iscapable of ready attachment to the hat-pins of ladies hats.

Referring to the drawings forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the device in operation. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinalsection thereof. Fig. 8 is a separate -view showing the box-sectionsopened. Fig.

3, or by means of an ordinary lap-joint, as

shown in Fig. L. Within the box is contained a body of cork or otherelastic material, and an aperture is provided in one of the box-sectionsthrough which the point to be protected is inserted into the body ofelastic material. According to this invention the aperture is made inthe form of a tube 3 with a flaring or funnel-shaped mouth, which tubeis suitably attached to the box-section and serves to guide thepin-point through the aperture.

In adjusting the'device above described to a hat-pin while in use theinsertion of the pin is greatly facilitated by reason of the taperedopening.

Having described my invention, what 'I claim, and desire to secure byUnited States Letters Patent, is

As a new and improved article of manufacture, an ornamental pin retainerand guard composed of two box-sections having means for holding themtogether, a body of elastic material contained within said box-sections,and a tube with a flaring or funnel-shaped mouth secured to an aperturein one of said sections and adapted to guide a pin-point through saidbox-section into the elastic material, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CAROLINE T HORN HOFER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE M. CLARKE, CAROLINE C. HELM.

